Table 2.

Plasma oxysterols levels and inflammation biomarkers in controls and diabetic patients. Data are expressed as medians [25th-75th percentiles]. Groups were compared with a Mann- Whitney non-parametric test

	Controls	Type 2 diabetics	p.overall
Oxysterols (mmol/mol cholesterol)
7α-Hydroxycholesterol	0.31 [0.21;0.42]	0.36 [0.26;0.46]	0.029
7β-Hydroxycholesterol	0.39 [0.26;0.52]	0.47 [0.33;0.66]	0.040
7-ketocholesterol	0.85 [0.59;1.37]	0.90 [0.70;1.38]	0.166
25-hydroxycholesterol	0.14 [0.11;0.19]	0.14 [0.10;0.22]	0.854
27-hydroxycholesterol	0.04 [0.03;0.05]	0.04 [0.03;0.06]	0.652
Hs CRP (mg/L).	1.85 [0.96;4.75]	3.24 [1.17;8.75]	0.028
IL-1β (ng/l)	0.05 [0.05;0.08]	0.06 [0.05;0.12]	0.017
IL-18 (µg/l)	0.61 [0.45;0.85]	0.70 [0.50;0.96]	0.098
IL-6 (ng/l)	5.14 [4.02;10.1]	4.97 [3.73;7.43]	0.273